Author: Adventures

As I type this, tears are flowing from my face. It’s funny because when I’m at home, I rarely cry. However, when the Lord is working in such voluminous ways around me, it’s hard to fight back the tears. If a month ago, you would have told me I’d be teaching English to 12 strictly Khmer speaking children, I would have changed my trip destination. I remember the moment so vividly when my ministry host, Vandy, told us we would be teaching English every day. My stomach dropped. I thought “You’ve got to be kidding me. That’s the last thing I want to...

As I type this, tears are flowing from my face. It’s funny because when I’m at home, I rarely cry. However, when the Lord is working in such voluminous ways around me, it’s hard to fight back the tears. If a month ago, you would have told me I’d be teaching English to 12 strictly Khmer speaking children, I would have changed my trip destination. I remember the moment so vividly when my ministry host, Vandy, told us we would be teaching English every day. My stomach dropped. I thought “You’ve got to be kidding me. That’s the last thing I want to...

This past week or so has both been full of good and bad unexpected challenges. To be honest, I am left feeling a bit out of sorts. However, the truth and character of who God is remains unchanged. For example, my heart continues to unthaw its walls from the love I have experienced here in Cambodia. As time flies by at the orphanage, my team and I fall deeper. Deeper into real community with each other and deeper in love with the community that has freely invited us in. Often times I feel like the kids and people at New Hope serve us better than we serve them. It’s because they know...

This past week or so has both been full of good and bad unexpected challenges. To be honest, I am left feeling a bit out of sorts. However, the truth and character of who God is remains unchanged. For example, my heart continues to unthaw its walls from the love I have experienced here in Cambodia. As time flies by at the orphanage, my team and I fall deeper. Deeper into real community with each other and deeper in love with the community that has freely invited us in. Often times I feel like the kids and people at New Hope serve us better than we serve them. It’s because they know...

Just over three weeks ago I arrived at training camp, unsure of how my journey might go. I imagined the possibilities of flight delays and broken down vans with drivers who didn’t speak our language. I daydreamed of finding any American food for the first time in two months in a shop in Asia. I reminisced over my past Cambodia trip when we made the best of disappointing situations — yoga alongside our smoking bus, inside jokes about peeing behind a hut, laughing at the unnecessary panic that overcame when we broke the Marady Hostel’s tiny elevator, and shrugging off curfew...

“When there is no struggle, there is no strength” The past few weeks have left me with wounds so raw they hurt to the touch. I have had to make choices that broke my heart and broke the heart of someone I love. But the healing I have seen through that has opened my eyes to how leaving something great can lead to something even greater. Five months ago, I met an amazing guy who I connected with in a way I never had with anyone before. He brought me the purest joy through endless adventures and countless puppy pictures. I was so blessed to call him my best friend and boyfriend for...